After the reception at the airport, Sheikh Hasina will go to Shantiniketan near Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal, approximately 180 km north off Kolkata by a helicopter.

Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University Professor Sabuj Koli Sen will receive the prime minister at Shantiniketan, while Narendra Modi will welcome her later at Rabindra Bhaban of the university.

Then the Bangladesh prime minister will attend the convocation ceremony of the Bisva Bharati University as the guest of honour.

Visva Bharati University Chancellor and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benarjee will also join the convocation.

Later, Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi will jointly open the newly constructed Bangladesh Bhaban at Shantiniketan.

After the inaugural ceremony of Bangladesh Bhaban, Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi will hold a meeting there. Issues of bilateral interest and international concerns are expected to come up for discussion in the talks.

From Shantiniketan, the Bangladesh prime minister will return to Kolkata and will visit "Jorasanko Thakur Bari", the residence of Poet Rabindranath Tagore.

In the evening, Kolkata Chamber leaders are scheduled to call on Sheikh Hasina at her place of residence at Hotel Taj Bengal Kolkata.

On Saturday, the prime minister will go to Kazi Nazrul University at Asansol where she would be conferred with the honorary DLitt Degree at a special convocation there.

Sheikh Hasina will deliver a speech at the ceremony and hand over gold medals among the meritorious students.

The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and education minister will also address the function.

From there, Sheikh Hasina will return to Kolkata in the afternoon and will visit Netaji Shubhas Bose Museum